Reno Blog: We're Not Exhibitionists. Really.
It may look like there’s incontrovertible evidence that we’re exhibitionists, but really we’re just obsessed with getting as much natural light into our master bathroom. Last weekend, we picked up this old glass paneled door that came out of a house on Vanderbilt Avenue. The price? 20 bucks. Except for the peeling paint, it’s in…
It may look like there’s incontrovertible evidence that we’re exhibitionists, but really we’re just obsessed with getting as much natural light into our master bathroom. Last weekend, we picked up this old glass paneled door that came out of a house on Vanderbilt Avenue. The price? 20 bucks. Except for the peeling paint, it’s in quite solid shape and should clean up nicely as the door for our master bathroom. That and the completed parquet floor in the music room on the Reno Blog.
Glass Panel Door [Renovation Blog]
I stripped a ton of 100 year old lead painted moldings and doors with a heat gun, after trying Peel Away and Zip Strip.
LOVE the heat gun!
BTW, A coworker insisted I get my blood lead levels tested, and everything was fine. One household worth of lead paint stripping is not going to get you.
I’m sure you’ll clean up right and seal everything in with tung oil or varnish . . .
It’s a lovely door.
WHERE IS EDDIE’S SALVAGE?!
If you want to use something environmentally friendly that won’t burn your skin (you could stick your hand in this stuff for hours, and you’d be fine), use Peel-Away. It works great and it turns the paint to goo. If you want to use something A LOT stronger, try US Gov’t Stripper. It really nasty (careful because you can get a serious chemical burn), but the paint will start to blister off the door (just like your unprotected skin) and turn gooey in 30 seconds. Just be sure to do it outside with goggles, a respirator, be well covered and use industrial rubber gloves. Be sure to get a roll of steel wool and multi-shaped scrapper and a lot of Laquer Thinner, at least a gallon (this will dilute the harsh stripper and render it benign).
Darkness
Don’t strip lead paint in your own backyard. This is not a joke. Google it, people. Lead paint causes brain damage in kids.
Nope. Full visibility! Seriously, all you’ll be able to see through the door is the area in front of the sink. Toilet area is not visible through door or interior window.
Who cares if the paint is lead. You’ll strip it outside. Note like your going to eat it or snort the dust.
Bstoner – are you going to insert frosted glass?
. . . the pleeling *lead* paint ?